Predictive validity of the National Benchmark Test and National Senior Certificate for the academic success of first-year medical students at one South African university

Table 6 MBBCh students’ performance level for each NBT domain (2011–2017)

Performance levels	NBT MAT (n = 1642)*	NBT AL (n = 1646)*	NBT QL (n = 1646)*
Proficient	891 [54.3%]	1253 [76.1%]	1037 [63.0%]
Intermediate Upper	503 [30.6%]	313 [18.9%]	467 [28.4%]
Intermediate Lower	233 [14.2%]	80 [4.8%]	138 [8.4%]
Basic	15 [0.9%]		4 [0.2%]

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